"Pooling data across many trials could also help answer questions about studies’ operational characteristics: How does remote monitoring compare with on-site testing? Which trial sites reliably deliver high-quality data? Which eligibility criteria slow down recruitment?"

behold, we found great variation in how people think! Many activities that we thought would be “gaming” weren't & vice versa, eg half of the participants interpreted ‘gambling’ to be ‘gaming’. Ergo: surveying ‘gaming’ without defining it creates data mess

The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

I kept reading EMA studies claiming to test etiological theories of AUD, but I realized they never actually measured how people experience AUD in their daily lives. So we set out to see what we could learn with existing data. 1/19 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

COW TOOLS www.cell.com/current-biol...

the energy of this new year

Systematic reviews often guide policy and theory, but they can become quickly outdated. Almost 10% of systematic reviews are out of date even *before they are published*. Living systematic reviews (LSRs) continuously integrate new evidence, therefore they offer a solution to this problem. 2/8

Free online Intro to INSPECT-SR workshop in January - this one was designed to be convenient for Australian colleagues but may work for others too: www.trybooking.com/uk/FPDL

Congratulations to @simine.com well deserved winner of the Einstein Foundation Individual Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2025 🎉 www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/pre...

Gonna need the general public + journos to properly reckon with how much of the social/legal policing of space is done purely on vibes. Invoking a 'common sense' approach to who deserves to be in a space, only serves to reinforce who is thought of as the 'common' body and who is seen as aberrant.

since April a trans bathroom ban has been government guidance in the UK -- the attempts to make it law are as aggressive as anticipated

reviewing preprints by writing down discussions we were already having! open review is nice, open review together is nicer (imo)

I think this is an overly pessimistic take from the @bmj.com. Sharing data does not inherently increase trust, rather it enables verification which allows for trust calibration. This example is a win. Serious issues were rapidly detected that would not have been without mandatory data sharing.

at the point of thesis writing where ideas are really starting to flow. for instance, I have decided that today I am going to get to the bottom of positivism

On the power and injustice of the foreign gaze: “But it is also about power – the kind that distances people. That foreign audience might be a powerful policymaker, a set of academics, or a philanthropist. The question is always: who is looking, from where, and what gets distorted in the process?”

@bmj.com Please look at PubPeer comments on an article you published last week. pubpeer.com/publications... I think your research integrity dept shld act swiftly on this one, given clinical significance. I'm aware of even more evidence of problems so let me know if this is not sufficient.

PsyArXiv's amazing team of 100+ moderators has now approved all preprints that meet the requirements outlined in the updated PsyArXiv policies (is.gd/paxpolicy). Thank you to everyone who volunteered, this was a true community effort! #PsychSciSky

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... INSPECT-SR: A tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials.

Join the Migration Museum team for a walking tour exploring the incredible stories of the generations of migrants who’ve lived, worked, and shaped the City of London. 🗓️ Sat 13 Sept 2025 🕜 1.30–3pm 📍 Starts behind the Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL 🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...

sign on the final year phd office door that says "please don't break the window. the A/C is on, they have water and are listening to Steely Dan"

"accusations of gaming the validation process, by removing referrals from the waiting list inappropriately without treatment, are likely to persist in the absence of transparency"

"Preregistration" lumps three distinct practices into one: - Study registration - Protocol - Analysis plans (SAPs) To advance open science, it's critical that we distinguish them. 🌟 🌟 Now in-press paper from Evan Mayo-Wilson, @seangrant.bsky.social, David Moher, me: osf.io/preprints/me...

This title! “What happens to children’s mental health when we treat their parent’s depression? We have no idea. An empty systematic review.” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Experienced, bothered by, or both: People differ in how they understand the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) items: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jcsq8_v1

this morning! come and talk about the causes and consequences of miscommunicated research findings

that friday feeling

Are there ways of spotting poor analysis that don’t rely upon technical knowledge? I spoke with Fraser Battye about "smell tests" I use to judge quality in analysis. Nice, short report meant to help decision makers at the NHS. www.strategyunitwm.nhs.uk/publications...

beloved monuments to scientific error correction @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social

"feminism's Brexiteers" journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

this should be required reading, unfortunately it's a bit long :-) carcinisation.com/2024/11/13/a...

In response to null findings like these, people often say 'We need to improve engagement'. Do coproduction, make the app more fun, etc I advocate for an alternative: young people are telling us they don't like or want this, and we should listen to them.

Introducing Dr Wendy Higgins and the Reading the Mammal in the Eyes Test.

with trepidation, we @lmakin.bsky.social started preprint reviews in our @reproducibilitea.org meetings. so far, fun! a bit scary! not everyone wants/wanted to sign their name (very fine)! we're glad to be part of efforts working towards open review, with the publish-review-curate model in mind.

excited for my football era

this is good right

Early career researchers have the potential to act as agents of change in embedding open practices. But is it fair to expect early career colleagues to carry the burden of transforming how we do research? Coming up this month - our Open Research Conversation on ECRs & open research: All welcome!

We have just $3146USD, £1,277.92, and $2516.14CAD to raise before we break even!! So close, so close! bit.ly/eSimsRUs #ConnectingGaza

spring is, once again, like a perhaps hand (which comes carefully out of Nowhere)

Monday is #WorldTBDay & things have looked this grim. To understand how funding cuts by US govt impact the rest of world, join us for this solutions-oriented discussion Time: 12 pm EDT / 9 am PDT RSVP: bit.ly/3XO86iQ @madhupai.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social

I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :( So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/

Notable Links & Miscellanea - March 15, 2025 Psychiatry at the Margins www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/notable-li...

“My feeling is that growth is a bit of a disastrous model for academic publishing,” said @deevybee.bsky.social [...] “If you’re going to grow and grow, you’re bound to end up accepting things that are not good quality.” www.wsj.com/business/med...

"families approaching medical professionals for help are also now finding they are being referred to social services and being investigated for child neglect" www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n... the UK's transgender healthcare is dramatically out of step with evidence-based medicine in Europe

Miller, J. D., Phillips, N. L., & Lynam, D. R. (2025). Questionable research practices violate the American Psychological Association’s Code of Ethics. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 134(2), 113–114. doi.org/10.1037/abn0...

Lastly, I’m confused at this varied list of disorders. Is the implication that all are being overdiagnosed? These problems are disabling and people with them aren’t getting effective treatment. And surely different factors contribute to (over)diagnosis of these varied disorders

glad to have preprinted my master's thesis work "No Change in Theory of Mind Related Processes During tDCS to the Right Temporoparietal Junction” -- welcoming feedback, online or directly osf.io/preprints/ps...